Railway-car.



PATENTED AUG. 18, 1903.

W. S. GLOVBR. RAILWAY CAR.

APPLIoATIoN FILED JUNE 9, 1903.

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WILLIAM S. GLOVER, OF MOUNT BRADDOCK, PENNSYLVANIA.v

RAILWAY-CAR.

SPECIFICATKON forming part of Letters Patent No. 736,515, dated August18, 1903i Application filed June 9, 1903. Serial No. 160,732. (Nomodel.)

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM S. GLovER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Mount Braddock, in the county of Fayette and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inRailway-Cars; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in railway-car construction.

The object of the invention is to improve the construction of thedraft-gearing of coalcars to make the same stronger and more durable andalso to reinforce the structural framework of the car.

Vith these and other objects in view the invention consists of certainnovel features of construction, combination, and arrangement of parts,as will be more fully described,

and particularly pointed out in the appended.

claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in Which-Fignre 1 is a bottom plan View of a car embodying the invention; Fig. 2is a longitudinal sectional view of the same on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1.Fig. 3 is a similar view on the line 8 3 of Fig. 1. Fig; 4 is across-sectional view, and Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view, of thedraft-stop casting.

In the drawings, 1 denotes the body of a coal-car. Y

2 denotes the structural framework of the car, consisting of the outerlongitudinal side rails or sills 3, the central rails or sills4, and theintermediate rails or sills 5.

6 denotes the end cross-sills, and 7 the intermediate cross-sills orbrace-bars which connect the longitudinal rails or sills together. Y

8 denotes the body-bolsters arranged near each end of the car beneaththe longitudinal rails or sills, and 9 denotes the body-bolster supportsarranged above the bolsters 8 and on top of the longitudinal sills, thebolsters 8 and the supports 9 being connected together by stirrnps 10.

12 denotessupports for the ends of the longitudinal rails or sills, thesame being bolted to the end planks of the car-body, and to saidsupports are bolted all the longitudinal rails or sills of the car.

13 denotes corner braces or supports, through which and the end plankspass strap rods or bolts 14, which are connected to the side planks andstandards to securely hold and brace the corners of the car-body.

15 denotes short longitudinal rails or sills extending from the endcross-sills to the intermediate brace-bars '7.

lrdenotes four.longitudinally-disposed tierods arranged in pairs alongone side of the central sills 4 and extending throughout the length ofthe car and through the end crosssills, where they are headed againstmetal plates 17, arranged on the end sills.

18 denotes truss brace-rods arranged near the outer side rails andextending throughout the length of the car belowr the bolsters andbrace-bars 7 and having their ends connected to the end sill in the samemanner as the tie-rods 16, and 18 denotes two or more cross tie-rodswhich pass through the longitudinal rails or sills and through the shortsills, securely holding these parts in position.

19 denotes the draft-timbers arranged on each side of the draw-bar. Theouter ends of the timbers 19 are bolted to the end sills and the innerends are connected to the bolsters 8. Strap-bolts 2O have a hookedengagement at one end with the outer ends of the timbers 19, and theopposite ends of the bolts 20 pass through the bolsters 8 and arethreaded for the reception of a nut which bears against the bolsters 8and securely holds the timbers 19 in place. The timbers 19 are furtherstrengthened by being bolted to the central rails or sills 4.

21 denotes auxiliary draft timbers arranged at each side of the timbers19, being bolted to the end sills and the 4short rails or sills 14 andconnected to the bolsters 8 by strap-bolts 22 in the same manner as thetimbers 19. Reinforcing-plates 23 are arranged on each side of thebolsters 8 and through which the ends of the strap-bolts 20 and 22 pass.

24 denotes vthe draw-bars to which the coupler-heads 25 are attached andwhich are connected at their inner ends bya bolt 25a. Be-

tween the draw-bars is arranged a rubber buffer26,havingacentrallongitudinally-disposed hole 26 formed through the same. Followerplates27 are arranged at each end of the rubber buenthe follower-plates andbuffer'bein g bolted to the end cross-sills 6.

confined between draft-stops or check-plates .27', bolted to the sidesof the draft-timbers 19. A heavy coiled buffer-spring 28 is arranged inthe hole 26' of the buffer 26 and is conned between the follower-plates27. A draw-bolt or key 29 is adapted to pass through the draw-bars 24inrear of the inner followerplate 27, by means of which the car is drawn.

30 denotes plates bolted to the under sides of the draft-timbers 19, andon said plates are formed flanges which overlap the buffer andbuffer-plates and hold the same in place.

3l and 3l denote plates arranged below and above the draw-bar at the endof the draft-timbers, and beneath the Vplate 3l is a supporting plate orbrace 32. The plates 3l and 3l and the brace-plate 32 are all securelyIf the drawbolt or key should break, the draw-bars and head would beprevented from withdrawal by the plates 31 and 3l.

32 denotes two additional supporting straps or plates arranged beneaththe plates 30 and the draw-bar and having their ends bolted to thedraft-timbers 19 and 2l and being further held by bolts 33, which passupwardly through the same and between the drafttimbers and connect withcross plates or strips 34, arranged on the upper sides of thelongitudinal rails or sills of the car.

From the arrangement and construction of the parts as herein shown anddescribed it will be seen that a strong and well-braced framework isformed which will be capable of standing more than the ordinary amountof hard usage.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings, the construction aud operation of the inventionwill be readily understood without requiring a more extendedexplanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details ofconstruction may be resorted to without departing from the principle orsacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

l. In a railway-car, the combination of a supporting-frameworkconsisting of horizontally-arranged rails or sills, connected bycross-sills, longitudinally-disposed tie-rods extending throughout thelength of said car, and fastened in the end cross-sills, cross tielrodspassing through said longitudinal sills,

body-holsters and bolster-supports arranged above and below saidlongitudinal sills and securely connected together, draft-timbersarranged on each side of a draw-bar and auX- iliary draft-timbersadapted to reinforce the first-mentioned draft-timbers, and means forsecurely holding said draft-timbers in place, substantially asdescribed.

2. In a railway-car, the combination with a body having suitably-bracedcorners, of a supporting-framework, consisting oflongitudinally-arranged, central, side and intermediate sills, and shortlongitudinal sills, connected together by means of end cross-sills andintermediate cross braces, longitudinally-disposed tie-rods extendingthroughout the length of said framework and fastened in said end sills,cross tie-rods passing through said longitudinal sills and fastened insaid side sills, body-holsters and bolster-supports arranged above andbelow said longitudinal sills and bolted together by stirrup-bolts,draft-timbers arranged on each side of and adapted to support and guidea draw-bar, rubber and spring buffers arranged between saiddraft-timbers,draftstops or check-plates bolted to said draft-timbers tohold said rubber buffer in place, auxiliary timbers arranged at thesides of the rst-mentioned draft-timbers, said timbers being bolted tothe central and short longitudinal sills, strapbolts having one endhooked around the ends of said draft-timbers and the opposite endsconnected to said body-bolsters, supporting plates and strapsarrangedabove and beneath said draw-bar and bolted to said endcross-sills to securely brace and hold the parts in place, substantiallyas described.

3. The combination with the sills, bolsters, and draft-timbers of acar-supporting framework of auxiliary draft-timbers arranged at thesides of the first-mentioned draft-timbers, strap-bolts having one endhooked over the ends of said timbers and the opposite end connected tosaid holsters to hold' said timbers in place and supporting plates andstraps arranged beneath andl bolted to said timbers, substantially asdescribed.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set IOO my hand in presence of twosubscribing wit- UQSSGS.

WILLIAM S. GLOVER.

Witnesses:

CHARLES M. FEE, ROY F. KNoTTs.

